1. “The Wise Old Woman” Retold By: Yoshiko Uchida Illustrated By:
Martin Springett

3. Understanding Vocabulary
We are going to review new words before we read!

4. Key Concept “Wisdom” Vocabulary: 1. conquer (p. 29) 2. badger (p. 30)
3. banner (p. 39)
4. bear (p. 24)
5. henceforth (p. 37)
6. lord (p. 22)
7. procession (p. 21)
8. prospered (p. 39)
9. reluctantly (p. 22)
10. shrine (p. 30)
11. summoned (p. 37)
12. scroll (p. 29)
13. wisdom
14. wound (p. 34)

5. Vocabulary Example

7. Anticipation Guide for “The Wise Old Woman”
Turn to page 21
- Read the title and preview the story. Note how the
pictures give you clues to story problems and
solutions.
- Who will be the main character in the story?
- What will the story likely be about?
- What clues tell you that the story will be a folk tale?
* Make a Prediction Chart about what you think will happen in the story.

8. Predictions

10. Let’s Read and Track Together. Pages 22-23. Setting: ________________
Let’s Read and Track Together! Pages * Setting: ________________ * Problem: _______________ * Multiple Meaning Word = ____

11. Problem and Solution Chart
farmer
Problem=
Solution=
lord
Problem=
Solution=

12. Pages 24-25 What do the mother’s actions tell you about her?
Your inference is her actions tell you she ________________________________

13. Pages 26-27
What does the farmer do to try to save his mother? _____________________
How do you think the farmer and his mother feel about their secret?

14. Pages 28-29
How does the young lord feel when he sees and hears the warriors?
The warriors have left the young lord with a serious problem. Do you think it’s just the young lord’s problem?

15. Figurative Language: Simile
Simile = uses like or as to compare 2 unlike things
* What’s the simile on page 29?

16. Pages 30-31
What is the 1st thing the village ruler does to try to solve his problem?
What do the six wise villagers do to try to solve the impossible tasks?

17. Wise Villagers’ Actions
1st
Try to think of answers
2nd
Ask gods for help
3rd
Seek help of badger

18. Pages 32-33
What does the young farmer do when he finds out about the threat to the village?
Why do you think the woman asks her son to gather certain items?

19. Let’s Recap!
Someone summarize all of the events we have read about so far!

20. Pages 34-35 What has the woman done?
What do the woman’s actions tell you about her?
Multiple Meaning Word = ________

21. What caused the young lord to suddenly become silent and thoughtful?
Pages 36-37
What caused the young lord to suddenly become silent and thoughtful?

22. What is the theme of this story?
Pages 38-39
What is the theme of this story?

23. Tonight for Homework:
I’m going to give you a section of this story to practice tonight.
You will read that section aloud tomorrow.

24. Write about the wisest person you know.
Making a Connection
Write about the wisest person you know.
5-7 complete sentences
Paragraph format

25. Auditory Connection
We are going to listen to the CD of “The Wise Old Woman.”

26. Visualization Strategy
Use your “internal video camera.”
The CD of the story will play, and YOU should visualize what is happening in the story.

27. Levels of Reasoning Questions:
Literal Level Question–
- Look at the picture of the old woman on page 21.
How would you describe her?
Inferential Question –
- Why do you think the son could not abandon his elderly
mother in the mountains when that was the tradition
for his culture?
Critical Reading Question –
- How did the lord’s view of elderly members of the
society change after the mother completed all of the
tasks to keep her village safe from invasion?
Creative Thinking Question –
- How do you think the mother must have felt at the beginning
of the story? How do you think she felt when she solved the three
tasks? How did others view her after the threat of invasion had passed?

28. “Oh the Things We Have Learned”
Wisdom Project
“Oh the Things We Have Learned”